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Back in May, a fight between a Chelsea bouncer and patrons turned deadly when the bouncer apparently drew his gun, killing one patron and injuring the others. Then it turned out that Stephen Sakai had connections to three other Brooklyn deaths, and now, officials say that he will also be indicted for those murders. An anonymous source tells the NY Times that the indictments will be made public today, though Sakai's lawyer did not know of the charges. Sakai is pleading not gulity to the charges in the Manhattan incident outside his old employer, Opus 22.
Whlie the Manhattan DA's office says Sakai confessed on video, Sakai had this written statement filed about the shootings:
“I heard a shot and felt pressure in the back of my head and my head went forward. My body felt like a tingle from the back of my head all the way down to my legs. I felt like control of my body was not mine. I felt that a bullet was in the back of my head. I started to think about my life, things that I’ve done, things that I wanted to do.”And, no, Sakai was not shot. He was also questioned about the Brooklyn murders, saying they were caused by other people, though admitting he had shot one of the victims, but not fatally. The Post says that during the interrogation, Sakai dropped into a "full split" to show why he wore his pants so baggy. But Sakai appeared in court yesterday in a wheelchair, "insisting he can no longer use his legs." This story just gets stranger and stranger.
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Better watch out Gothamist readers, if you correct Jen, she will ban you!
Sounds like this guy needs some mental help as well.
(What does correcting Jen have to do with any of this? Sometimes I feel very confused here. heh. But usually only when I actually try and read the comments. But I'm assuming I'm not alone.)
Somehow, I doubt Jen bans people if they correct her. Maybe for being a douchebag, but not if they correct her.
Sorry not a doucebag, just pointing out grammatical errors, right Jen? She won't even respond to my email asking why I was banned. The last post was about the "suicide try" which I posted its actually "attempt" not try and BAM! I am banned. Check all post for "Seamus"
Huh? How can you be banned if you are posting? Not a very effective ban I guess.
But yes, I've seen comments that pointed out errors in un-proofread posts disappear, which I think is a little uncool.
And what's a doucebag, anyway?
Maybe you were banned for being an annoying prick of a grammar nazi with no life beyond correcting blog postings?
"Actually, it's suicide attempt."
Actually, why don't you show us what you mean by bathing with toaster?
Do comments unrelated to the topic need to stay on the comment board? if they are pointing out grammatical errors, and the errors get corrected, do they really need to stay? Perhaps it's just a matter of trying to keep comments on-topic. (I do not know this for sure, I'm just throwing it out there.)
Do comments that regard grammatical errors need to stay on the comments board? If the errors have been noted and corrected, does it really matter? Maybe it isn't necessarily "censorship", it's just trying to keep comments on-topic. No, I don't know if this is why they disappear, just curious why it matters in the end. I'm open to being convinced otherwise. I just cant see, personally, why I'd want to read a bunch of comments about mistakes if they are no longer relevant.
I see erasing the comments as pretending that the errors never happened and failing to acknowledge that the readership is also doing free editing. If Gothamist fired off a "thank you" email to every commenter when they wiped away the evidence I would be cool with that.
(And, granted, I've only seen this happen once, and I *have* seen Jen write an acknowledging comment more than once.)
It's not like they are otherwise scrubbing the comment boards for relevance and readability - if that were the case they'd delete your double post. ;)
I see erasing a typo comment as pretending that the mistake never existed and failing to acknowledge that the readers are doing free editing. I suppose if Gothamist sent out a nice "thank you" email first that would make it all good (and generate plenty of good will among readers).
And, granted, I've only seen it happen once, and I have seen Jen post acknowledgements in the comments.
Now, if they'd only delete those pesky double-posts!
Hey CHUD can you please show us how to bath with a toaster and please post afterwards.
-PS
Chud-your post makes you seem like a real tool.
-Also you can change IP address to avoid tracing.
-why the ban Jen?
Hey CHUD can you please show us how to bath with a toaster and please post afterwards.
-PS
Chud-your post makes you seem like a real tool.
-Also you can change IP address to avoid tracing.
-why the ban Jen?
Hey CHUD can you please show us how to bath with a toaster and please post afterwards.
-PS
Chud-your post makes you seem like a real tool.
-Also you can change IP address to avoid tracing.
-why the ban Jen?
Hey CHUD thanks for the post, now we all know for sure that you are a tool.
You can change your IP to go around the ban, which Jen email me and said "I could not weight until you changed your IP address - thanks for doing so!"
HUH? Thanks for the proof of your grammar!